modunload

- unload a module

Synopsis

modunload-imodule_id [-eexec_file]

Description

modunload unloads a loadable module from the running system. The module_id is
the ID of the module as shown by modinfo(1M). If ID is
0, all modules that were autoloaded which are unloadable, are unloaded. Modules
loaded by modload(1M) are not affected.

Options

The following options are supported:

-eexec_file

Specify the name of a shell script or executable image file to be executed before the module is unloaded. The first argument passed is the module id (in decimal). There are two additional arguments that are module specific. For loadable drivers, the second argument is the driver major number. For loadable system calls, the second argument is the system call number. For loadable exec classes, the second argument is the index into the execsw table. For loadable filesystems, the second argument is the index into the vfssw table. For loadable streams modules, the second argument is the index into the fmodsw table. For loadable scheduling classes, the second argument is the index into the class array. Minus one is passed for an argument that does not apply.

-imodule_id

Specify the module to be unloaded.

Attributes

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Notes

The modunload command is often used on driver modules to force the
system to reread the associated driver configuration file. While this works in
the current Solaris release, it is not the supported way to reread
the configuration file and is not guaranteed to work in future releases. The
supported way for rereading driver configuration file is through the update_drv(1M) command.